Pancreatic Rest - An Unusual Cause of Dyspepsia: A Case Report with Literature Review.

Ectopic pancreatic tissue, also known as a pancreatic rest, is an uncommon congenital anomaly defined as extrapancreatic tissue located far from the pancreas and without any connection via vascular or anatomical means. The pancreatic rests are usually asymptomatic, but a variety of clinical symptoms have been described in the literature. This report describes the clinical scenario of severe dyspeptic symptoms of eight weeks duration in a young female.

Combining corticosteroids and acyclovir in the management of varicella pneumonia: a prospective study.

Background: Studies found in the literature which describe the treatment of varicella pneumonia with a combination of acyclovir and corticosteroids tend to be retrospective in nature and limited with regard to the data supplied.

Methods: This prospective study was performed at King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital in Taif, Saudi Arabia. The study covered adult patients admitted with a diagnosis of varicella pneumonia over a period of 10 years (January 2003 to December 2012).

Evaluation of fecal myeloperoxidase as a biomarker of disease activity and severity in ulcerative colitis.

Background: Subclinical inflammation in ulcerative colitis (UC) can predispose to relapses and biomarkers can detect mucosal inflammation.

Aims: To study the role of fecal myeloperoxidase (FMPO) in assessing disease activity and response to therapy in UC.

Methods: Patients with UC attending our hospital from July 2005 to September 2006 were studied.

Biomarkers in the management of ulcerative colitis: a brief review.

Several attempts have been made in the last two decades to investigate ulcerative colitis (UC) patients during the natural course of the disease so as to identify appropriate surrogate markers of disease activity. Most patients with quiescent inflammatory bowel disease have low grade inflammation and it is possible that relapse occurs only once the inflammatory process crosses a critical intensity. Since inflammation is a continuous process, its direct assessment may provide us a quantitative pre-symptomatic measure of imminent relapse.

Hemorrhagic manifestation of megaloblastic anemia: report of two cases and literature review.

Megaloblastic anemia is not uncommon in developing countries. Its presentation as thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic manifestation are, however, rare. We describe the clinical scenario in two young patients who presented to the emergency room of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, a tertiary care center in New Delhi, India, with pancytopenia and bleeding diathesis.

Sudden retinal vein thrombosis in a patient with nephrotic syndrome.

The authors report a sudden painless blindness in a 42-year-old male with membranous nephropathy of idiopathic origin. He was admitted with a history of decreased urine output and painful abdomen of a 3-day duration in the Department of Nephrology, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir - a tertiary care centre in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. On evaluation, he was found to have renal vein thrombosis.

Laparoscopic exploration of the common bile duct and removal of dead worm in a patient of cholangitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography failure.

We describe a dead ascaris-induced extrahepatic bilary obstruction in a young female who presented with acute cholangitis. The dead ascaris was removed by laparoscopic exploration of common bile duct after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography failure. Patient had an uneventful hospital course after the procedure and was discharged afebrile after 3 days of hospital stay.